It will likely be a “personal assembly” between Gonzalez Urrutia and Sánchez, who returned early on Thursday from an official go to to China, the supply instructed AFP with out giving additional particulars.
Spanish media experiences mentioned the Venezuelan opposition determine would meet with Sánchez and Spanish Overseas Spanish Overseas Minister Jose Manuel Albares, who additionally returned to Spain earlier on Thursday from China.
Gonzalez Urrutia, 75, has not spoken publicly since he arrived in Madrid on Sunday to hunt political asylum, having fled the Latin American nation after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s authorities ordered his arrest.
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He had been in hiding following a July 28 presidential election within the former Spanish colony that the opposition insists he received however was claimed by incumbent Maduro.
After his arrival in Spain, Gonzalez Urrutia mentioned he had determined to depart “in order that issues can change and so we will construct a brand new stage for Venezuela.”
“I’ve taken this resolution considering of Venezuela and that our future as a rustic can’t, should not, be that of a battle of ache and struggling,” he added in a letter posted on social community X on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Sánchez mentioned that granting Gonzalez Urrutia asylum was a “gesture of humanity”.
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Whereas america has recognised Gonzalez Urrutia because the winner of the election, Spain and different European Union nations have up to now restricted themselves to refusing to just accept Maduro because the victor and calling on the Venezuelan authorities to launch the voting tally sheets.
Spanish lawmakers authorised Wednesday a nonbinding movement calling on Sánchez’s authorities to recognise Gonzalez Urrutia “because the professional winner of the presidential elections”, angering Caracas which threatened to chop ties with Madrid in response.